Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice explores how Indigenous visual art and culture operate within and from a structural framework that is unique within the cultural milieu. Through a selection of contributions by Indigenous curators, artists, and scholars brings together perspectives that define curatorial practices, and at the same time postulates Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination within the three countries. These compelling essays begin to unearth the connections and historical moments that draw Indigenous curatorial practices together and the differences that set them apart.

With contributions from Nigel Borell, Freja Carmichael, Karl Chitham, Nici Cumpston, Léuli Eshr?ghi, Reuben Friend, Jarita Greyeyes, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Jaimie Isaac, Carly Lane, Cathy Mattes, Kimberley Moulton, Lisa Myers, Dr. Julie Nagam, Dr. Jolene Rickard, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Josh Tengan, and Daina Warren.

Dr. Julie Nagam (Metis, German/Syrian) is the Chair in the History of Indigenous Art in North America, a joint appointment between the University of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She is an Associate Professor in the faculty of History. She is co-editor of Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital, a special issue of PUBLIC journal. Currently, Dr. Nagam is curating a public art installations for a Reconciliation walk at the Forks in Winnipeg, and leading a team that is creating an Indigenous App for Winnipeg's art, architectural, and place-based history. She has created three new commissioned artworks in Winnipeg, Toronto and New York. Her artwork and research has been shown nationally and internationally.

Julie Nagam's profile page

Carly Lane is the Curator of Indigenous Australian and First Nations Arts at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. She is a Murri woman from Queensland and has worked as a curator for over twenty years, including at the National Gallery of Australia where she curated the Second National Indigenous Art Triennial in 2012. Before that, in 2008, she was the inaugural curator of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards and has continued to work on shows and publications since then. This year, Carly and Emilia Galatis, curated Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley at the Art Gallery of WA as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Carly has First Class Honours in Anthropology, is a member of the Accelerate alumni of the British Council and a member of the Tri-Nations Curators Exchange Program established between Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Carly Lane's profile page

Carly Lane is the Curator of Indigenous Australian and First Nations Arts at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. She is a Murri woman from Queensland and has worked as a curator for over twenty years, including at the National Gallery of Australia where she curated the Second National Indigenous Art Triennial in 2012. Before that, in 2008, she was the inaugural curator of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards and has continued to work on shows and publications since then. This year, Carly and Emilia Galatis, curated Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley at the Art Gallery of WA as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Carly has First Class Honours in Anthropology, is a member of the Accelerate alumni of the British Council and a member of the Tri-Nations Curators Exchange Program established between Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Megan Tamati-Quennell's profile page